diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index b6d1df8d4b..f90e09ce5b 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -430,8 +430,6 @@ int LyX::exec(int & argc, char * argv[])
 	// Let the frontend parse and remove all arguments that it knows
 	pimpl_->application_.reset(createApplication(argc, argv));
 
-	initGuiFont();
-
 	// Parse and remove all known arguments in the LyX singleton
 	// Give an error for all remaining ones.
 	int exit_status = init(argc, argv);
@@ -792,20 +790,6 @@ void LyX::printError(ErrorItem const & ei)
 }
 
 
-void LyX::initGuiFont()
-{
-	if (lyxrc.roman_font_name.empty())
-		lyxrc.roman_font_name = pimpl_->application_->romanFontName();
-
-	if (lyxrc.sans_font_name.empty())
-		lyxrc.sans_font_name = pimpl_->application_->sansFontName();
-
-	if (lyxrc.typewriter_font_name.empty())
-		lyxrc.typewriter_font_name
-			= pimpl_->application_->typewriterFontName();
-}
-
-
 bool LyX::init()
 {
 #ifdef SIGHUP
diff --git a/src/LyX.h b/src/LyX.h
index 25529e55d5..5d0cf3340c 100644
--- a/src/LyX.h
+++ b/src/LyX.h
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@ private:
 	/// Create a View, load files and restore GUI Session.
 	void restoreGuiSession();
 
-	/// Initialize RC font for the GUI.
-	void initGuiFont();
-
 	/// initial LyX set up
 	bool init();
 	/// set up the default dead key bindings if requested
diff --git a/src/frontends/Application.h b/src/frontends/Application.h
index 30f05c2c65..af275ec348 100644
--- a/src/frontends/Application.h
+++ b/src/frontends/Application.h
@@ -147,18 +147,16 @@ class Application
 {
 public:
 	///
-	Application() : current_view_(0) {}
+	Application() {}
 	///
 	virtual ~Application() {}
 
 	///
 	virtual bool closeAllViews() = 0;
-
 	///
 	virtual LyXView & view(int id) const = 0;
 	///
 	virtual size_t viewCount() const = 0;
-
 	///
 	virtual void hideDialogs(std::string const & name, Inset * inset) const = 0;
 	///
@@ -176,22 +174,6 @@ public:
 	*/
 	virtual void exit(int status) = 0;
 
-	/**
-	* Synchronise all pending events.
-	*/
-	virtual void syncEvents() = 0;
-	///
-	virtual FontLoader & fontLoader() = 0;
-
-	/// return a suitable serif font name.
-	virtual std::string const romanFontName() = 0;
-
-	/// return a suitable sans serif font name.
-	virtual std::string const sansFontName() = 0;
-
-	/// return a suitable monospaced font name.
-	virtual std::string const typewriterFontName() = 0;
-
 	/**
 	* Given col, fills r, g, b in the range 0-255.
 	* The function returns true if successful.
@@ -225,18 +207,6 @@ public:
 	/// Create the main window with given geometry settings.
 	/// \param geometry_arg: only for Windows platform.
 	virtual LyXView & createView(std::string const & geometry_arg) = 0;
-
-	///
-	LyXView const * currentView() const { return current_view_; }
-	///
-	LyXView * currentView() { return current_view_; }
-	///
-	void setCurrentView(LyXView & view) { current_view_ = &view; }
-
-protected:
-	/// This LyXView is the one receiving Clipboard and Selection
-	/// events
-	LyXView * current_view_;
 };
 
 } // namespace frontend
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAlert.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAlert.cpp
index 57806eb186..88bdce1630 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAlert.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAlert.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int prompt(docstring const & title0, docstring const & question,
 	// This call has no effect if the cursor has not been overridden.
 	qApp->changeOverrideCursor(Qt::ArrowCursor);
 
-	// FIXME replace that with theApp->gui()->currentView()
+	// FIXME replace that with guiApp->currentView()
 	int res = QMessageBox::information(qApp->focusWidget(),
 					   toqstr(title),
 					   toqstr(formatted(question)),
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
index 053acade19..0fad5bc9c1 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ GuiApplication * guiApp;
 
 
 GuiApplication::GuiApplication(int & argc, char ** argv)
-	: QApplication(argc, argv), Application()
+	: QApplication(argc, argv), Application(), current_view_(0)
 {
 	QString app_name = "LyX";
 	QCoreApplication::setOrganizationName(app_name);
@@ -194,6 +194,16 @@ GuiApplication::GuiApplication(int & argc, char ** argv)
 	// Set the cache to 5120 kilobytes which corresponds to screen size of
 	// 1280 by 1024 pixels with a color depth of 32 bits.
 	QPixmapCache::setCacheLimit(5120);
+
+	// Initialize RC Fonts
+	if (lyxrc.roman_font_name.empty())
+		lyxrc.roman_font_name = fromqstr(romanFontName());
+
+	if (lyxrc.sans_font_name.empty())
+		lyxrc.sans_font_name = fromqstr(sansFontName());
+
+	if (lyxrc.typewriter_font_name.empty())
+		lyxrc.typewriter_font_name = fromqstr(typewriterFontName());
 }
 
 
@@ -203,9 +213,24 @@ GuiApplication::~GuiApplication()
 }
 
 
+static void updateIds(map<int, GuiView *> const & stdmap, vector<int> & ids)
+{
+	ids.clear();
+	map<int, GuiView *>::const_iterator it;
+	for (it = stdmap.begin(); it != stdmap.end(); ++it)
+		ids.push_back(it->first);
+}
+
+
 LyXView & GuiApplication::createView(string const & geometry_arg)
 {
-	int const id = createRegisteredView();
+	updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+	int id = 0;
+	while (views_.find(id) != views_.end())
+		id++;
+	views_[id] = new GuiView(id);
+	updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
+
 	GuiView * view  = views_[id];
 	theLyXFunc().setLyXView(view);
 
@@ -265,36 +290,36 @@ void GuiApplication::execBatchCommands()
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::romanFontName()
+QString const GuiApplication::romanFontName()
 {
 	QFont font;
 	font.setKerning(false);
 	font.setStyleHint(QFont::Serif);
 	font.setFamily("serif");
 
-	return fromqstr(QFontInfo(font).family());
+	return QFontInfo(font).family();
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::sansFontName()
+QString const GuiApplication::sansFontName()
 {
 	QFont font;
 	font.setKerning(false);
 	font.setStyleHint(QFont::SansSerif);
 	font.setFamily("sans");
 
-	return fromqstr(QFontInfo(font).family());
+	return QFontInfo(font).family();
 }
 
 
-string const GuiApplication::typewriterFontName()
+QString const GuiApplication::typewriterFontName()
 {
 	QFont font;
 	font.setKerning(false);
 	font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
 	font.setFamily("monospace");
 
-	return fromqstr(QFontInfo(font).family());
+	return QFontInfo(font).family();
 }
 
 
@@ -305,7 +330,7 @@ bool GuiApplication::event(QEvent * e)
 		// Open a file; this happens only on Mac OS X for now
 		QFileOpenEvent * foe = static_cast<QFileOpenEvent *>(e);
 
-		if (!currentView() || !currentView()->view())
+		if (!current_view_ || !current_view_->view())
 			// The application is not properly initialized yet.
 			// So we acknowledge the event and delay the file opening
 			// until LyX is ready.
@@ -360,16 +385,6 @@ bool GuiApplication::notify(QObject * receiver, QEvent * event)
 }
 
 
-void GuiApplication::syncEvents()
-{
-	// This is the ONLY place where processEvents may be called.
-	// During screen update/ redraw, this method is disabled to
-	// prevent keyboard events being handed to the LyX core, where
-	// they could cause re-entrant calls to screen update.
-	processEvents(QEventLoop::ExcludeUserInputEvents);
-}
-
-
 bool GuiApplication::getRgbColor(ColorCode col, RGBColor & rgbcol)
 {
 	QColor const & qcol = color_cache_.get(col);
@@ -438,27 +453,6 @@ void GuiApplication::addMenuTranslator()
 }
 
 
-static void updateIds(map<int, GuiView *> const & stdmap, vector<int> & ids)
-{
-	ids.clear();
-	map<int, GuiView *>::const_iterator it;
-	for (it = stdmap.begin(); it != stdmap.end(); ++it)
-		ids.push_back(it->first);
-}
-
-
-int GuiApplication::createRegisteredView()
-{
-	updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
-	int id = 0;
-	while (views_.find(id) != views_.end())
-		id++;
-	views_[id] = new GuiView(id);
-	updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
-	return id;
-}
-
-
 bool GuiApplication::unregisterView(int id)
 {
 	updateIds(views_, view_ids_);
@@ -537,7 +531,7 @@ Buffer const * GuiApplication::updateInset(Inset const * inset) const
 #ifdef Q_WS_X11
 bool GuiApplication::x11EventFilter(XEvent * xev)
 {
-	if (!currentView())
+	if (!current_view_)
 		return false;
 
 	switch (xev->type) {
@@ -545,7 +539,7 @@ bool GuiApplication::x11EventFilter(XEvent * xev)
 		if (xev->xselectionrequest.selection != XA_PRIMARY)
 			break;
 		LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "X requested selection.");
-		BufferView * bv = currentView()->view();
+		BufferView * bv = current_view_->view();
 		if (bv) {
 			docstring const sel = bv->requestSelection();
 			if (!sel.empty())
@@ -557,7 +551,7 @@ bool GuiApplication::x11EventFilter(XEvent * xev)
 		if (xev->xselectionclear.selection != XA_PRIMARY)
 			break;
 		LYXERR(Debug::GUI, "Lost selection.");
-		BufferView * bv = currentView()->view();
+		BufferView * bv = current_view_->view();
 		if (bv)
 			bv->clearSelection();
 		break;
@@ -583,8 +577,8 @@ frontend::FontLoader & theFontLoader()
 	if (!use_gui)
 		return no_gui_font_loader;
 
-	BOOST_ASSERT(theApp());
-	return theApp()->fontLoader();
+	BOOST_ASSERT(frontend::guiApp);
+	return frontend::guiApp->fontLoader();
 }
 
 
@@ -601,8 +595,8 @@ frontend::FontMetrics const & theFontMetrics(FontInfo const & f)
 	if (!use_gui)
 		return no_gui_font_metrics;
 
-	BOOST_ASSERT(theApp());
-	return theApp()->fontLoader().metrics(f);
+	BOOST_ASSERT(frontend::guiApp);
+	return frontend::guiApp->fontLoader().metrics(f);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h
index 4496a01be8..7b51eb4777 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiApplication.h
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ public:
 	virtual int exec();
 	virtual void exit(int status);
 	virtual bool event(QEvent * e);
-	void syncEvents();
-	virtual std::string const romanFontName();
-	virtual std::string const sansFontName();
-	virtual std::string const typewriterFontName();
 	virtual bool getRgbColor(ColorCode col, RGBColor & rgbcol);
 	virtual std::string const hexName(ColorCode col);
 	virtual void updateColor(ColorCode col);
@@ -80,7 +76,15 @@ public:
 	void commitData(QSessionManager & sm);
 	//@}
 
+	///
+	GuiView const * currentView() const { return current_view_; }
+	///
+	GuiView * currentView() { return current_view_; }
+	///
+	void setCurrentView(GuiView & view) { current_view_ = &view; }
+	///
 	virtual size_t viewCount() const { return view_ids_.size(); }
+	///
 	std::vector<int> const & viewIds() { return view_ids_; }
 
 	///
@@ -88,11 +92,19 @@ public:
 	///
 	GuiFontLoader & guiFontLoader() { return font_loader_; }
 
+	/// return a suitable serif font name.
+	virtual QString const romanFontName();
 
-	virtual int createRegisteredView();
+	/// return a suitable sans serif font name.
+	virtual QString const sansFontName();
+
+	/// return a suitable monospaced font name.
+	virtual QString const typewriterFontName();
+	///
 	virtual bool closeAllViews();
+	///
 	virtual bool unregisterView(int id);
-
+	///
 	virtual LyXView & view(int id) const;
 	///
 	virtual void hideDialogs(std::string const & name, Inset * inset) const;
@@ -136,6 +148,9 @@ public:
 	std::map<int, GuiView *> views_;
 	///
 	std::vector<int> view_ids_;
+	/// This LyXView is the one receiving Clipboard and Selection
+	/// events
+	GuiView * current_view_;
 }; // GuiApplication
 
 extern GuiApplication * guiApp;
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiLog.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiLog.cpp
index a1d97c4d19..438ecb6099 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiLog.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiLog.cpp
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 
 #include "GuiLog.h"
 
+#include "GuiApplication.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "Lexer.h"
 
-#include "frontends/Application.h"
-
 #include <QCloseEvent>
 #include <QTextBrowser>
 #include <QSyntaxHighlighter>
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@ GuiLog::GuiLog(LyXView & lv)
 	highlighter = new LogHighlighter(logTB->document());
 
 	logTB->setReadOnly(true);
-	QFont font(toqstr(theApp()->typewriterFontName()));
+	QFont font(guiApp->typewriterFontName());
 	font.setKerning(false);
 	font.setFixedPitch(true);
 	font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
index 5ac9daf24b..6c6fb64b24 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiPrefs.cpp
@@ -161,15 +161,16 @@ static void setComboxFont(QComboBox * cb, string const & family,
 	QFont font;
 	font.setKerning(false);
 
-	if (family == theApp()->romanFontName()) {
+	QString const font_family = toqstr(family);
+	if (font_family == guiApp->romanFontName()) {
 		font.setStyleHint(QFont::Serif);
-		font.setFamily(family.c_str());
-	} else if (family == theApp()->sansFontName()) {
+		font.setFamily(font_family);
+	} else if (font_family == guiApp->sansFontName()) {
 		font.setStyleHint(QFont::SansSerif);
-		font.setFamily(family.c_str());
-	} else if (family == theApp()->typewriterFontName()) {
+		font.setFamily(font_family);
+	} else if (font_family == guiApp->typewriterFontName()) {
 		font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
-		font.setFamily(family.c_str());
+		font.setFamily(font_family);
 	} else {
 		lyxerr << "FAILED to find the default font: '"
 		       << foundry << "', '" << family << '\''<< endl;
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiViewSource.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiViewSource.cpp
index e6927e42a5..a5d776d376 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiViewSource.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiViewSource.cpp
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 
+#include "GuiApplication.h"
 #include "GuiViewSource.h"
 #include "LaTeXHighlighter.h"
 #include "qt_helpers.h"
 
-#include "Application.h"
 #include "BufferView.h"
 #include "Buffer.h"
 #include "Cursor.h"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ ViewSourceWidget::ViewSourceWidget(GuiViewSource & controller)
 	viewSourceTV->setReadOnly(true);
 	///dialog_->viewSourceTV->setAcceptRichText(false);
 	// this is personal. I think source code should be in fixed-size font
-	QFont font(toqstr(theApp()->typewriterFontName()));
+	QFont font(guiApp->typewriterFontName());
 	font.setKerning(false);
 	font.setFixedPitch(true);
 	font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
index 73e2dac0ad..b2f86248f1 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiWorkArea.cpp
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ void GuiWorkArea::redraw()
 
 	// No need to do anything if this is the current view. The BufferView
 	// metrics are already up to date.
-	if (lyx_view_ != theApp()->currentView()) {
+	if (lyx_view_ != guiApp->currentView()) {
 		// FIXME: it would be nice to optimize for the off-screen case.
 		buffer_view_->updateMetrics();
 		buffer_view_->cursor().fixIfBroken();
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/LyXFileDialog.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/LyXFileDialog.cpp
index 55734676ff..96a05ea96c 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/LyXFileDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/LyXFileDialog.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ LyXFileDialog::LyXFileDialog(docstring const & t,
 			     support::FileFilterList const & filters,
 			     FileDialog::Button const & b1,
 			     FileDialog::Button const & b2)
-				 // FIXME replace that with theApp->gui()->currentView()
+				 // FIXME replace that with guiApp->currentView()
 	: QFileDialog(qApp->focusWidget(),
 		      toqstr(t), toqstr(p), toqstr(filters.as_string()))
 {